Relevant Reading

On this page you will find links to a variety of publications which formed the basis to the changes in policing (and police recruitment) in Northern Ireland since 1998.

Good Friday Agreement, 1998 (see Pages 26-29 re: Policing)

The Agreement, April 10th 1998
Patten Report, 1999

A New Beginning: Policing in Northern Ireland. The Report of the Independent Commission on Policing for Northern Ireland, September 1999

Implementation Plan, 2000

Report of the Independent Commission on Policing for Northern Ireland: Implementation Plan, May 2000

Updated Implementation Plan, 2001

Report of the Independent Commission on Policing for Northern Ireland: Updated Implementation Plan, August 2001

Oversight Commissioner's Reports 1-19

Overseeing the Proposed Revisions for the Policing Services of Northern Ireland Reports 1-19

Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000

Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000

Police (Recruitment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2001 Police (Recruitment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2001
Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2003 Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2003